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Those themes are to make fun of XP, nobody uses them for anything serious.
Have you seen the one that looks like the green XP field, with a Penguin holding a bazooka after just having destroyed the Windows flag?
Posted by: DonnieBoy   Posted on: 02/07/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Open source continues to deliver  Richard Flude | 02/06/06
Yep.  baggins_z | 02/07/06
OS X and Open Source  JeremyAllison | 02/07/06
One tiny issue  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/07/06
These concepts were pineered by SGI, NOT Microsoft.  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
Did I suggest otherwise?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/07/06
Well, OpenGL was opened a long time ago. What took MS so long?  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
That IS a good business plan, isn't it?  Michael Kelly | 02/07/06
So what's Microsoft's excuse?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
And what innovation has the $6+ billion produced?  Richard Flude | 02/07/06
What!?  Linux User 147560 | 02/07/06
How about . . .  Suicida| | 02/07/06
I agree, the GNOME/KDE competition is GOOD.  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
Why?  Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
If the GNOME group had the Linux desktop sewed up, they would not inovate  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
A message from TrollTech  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
Yes, it is NOT LGPL, it is GPL. Troll tech owns the toll bridge for  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
Lets be fair  Richard Flude | 02/07/06
The only problem is, when you run a comercial app on Linux, the QT toolkit  DonnieBoy | 02/08/06
Way to go Novell...  prime21 | 02/06/06
Great, competition is good  Boot_Agnostic | 02/07/06
Agreed, I am looking forward to this  crocd | 02/07/06
It needs to become part of LSB, and available with the major distributions.  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
Sun can incorporate this into JDS! They fully cooperate on the desktop.  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
I'm waiting for looking glass to come along  zmud | 02/07/06
I keep hearing that Windows is preferred because of its looks...  HypnoToad | 02/07/06
First rule of sales...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/07/06
People go for what they know  Boot_Agnostic | 02/08/06
I will have to disagree with you.  cashaww | 02/09/06
Novell seeks to boost Linux graphics  Loverock Davidson | 02/07/06
You are spot on, XP looks like a Fisher Price kids OS.  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
Yeah right  Loverock Davidson | 02/07/06
Those themes are to make fun of XP, nobody uses them for anything serious.  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
Right...  Loverock Davidson | 02/07/06
Why wouldn't they?  Patrick Jones | 02/07/06
No matter what OS, there are people that do not have a life and will spend  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
Yep...  Patrick Jones | 02/07/06
Novell taking credit?  nucrash | 02/07/06
Novell taking credit  Loverock Davidson | 02/07/06
Hopefully they don't  voska | 02/07/06
Server GUI  chromeronin | 02/07/06
I agree totally  Suicida| | 02/07/06
Blah blah blah...  thunderdome1 | 02/08/06
Pixel size  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
We still need a standard way to tell the OS and applicatoins the physical  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
Standards  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
I do not like to write programs that depend on the parsing of text output  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
RTFman  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
Ok, still not obvious how to get the screen size in mm.  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
Use the Source, Luke  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
That is a command line tool. You would have to parse the output to use it  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
Linux disadvantage.  Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
Not entirely  Roger Ramjet | 02/07/06
Price isn't the issue  Michael Kelly | 02/07/06
"... to make the software better"?  Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
Contradiction  Michael Kelly | 02/07/06
None.  Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
Broken Proprietory drivers  tracy anne | 02/07/06
Anticipating  Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
Example  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
OSS != Linux  thunderdome1 | 02/08/06
Drivers are free with video card purchase.  Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
Free Software  chromeronin | 02/07/06
Those who object to proprietary drivers  Michael Kelly | 02/07/06
Disagreement?  Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
It goes both ways..  Patrick Jones | 02/07/06
Too much of a good thing.  Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
I love horseradish!  Patrick Jones | 02/07/06
Closed-source-only people are funny...  thunderdome1 | 02/08/06
I would agree with Linus here. Proprietary drivers should be allowed.  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
With the drivers..  Patrick Jones | 02/07/06
Competitors can still see what they are doing, it is just a little harder  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
I do not personally agree  Michael Kelly | 02/07/06
Sense of proportion.  Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
This is why a community effort makes sense  Michael Kelly | 02/07/06
Consideration.  Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
Another big issue, it is a nightmare for companies to keep proprietary  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
Oh would I love that  Michael Kelly | 02/07/06
Through the LSB, this will happen. LSB graphics drivers will be available  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
Well, for one  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
Because they break  Suicida| | 02/07/06
Guesses  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
If Sun had made Solaris "free"...  Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
Red Hat's Problem  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
Market cap: $4.7 billion  Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
Redhats Problem #2  Suicida| | 02/07/06
When is competition good?  Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
Competition will decide the winner.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/07/06
As with Coca Cola and Pepsi.  Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
Other markets have NO single dominant company, like cars.  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
Tried to start a car company lately?  Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
Dessert topping, floor wax  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
Geez learn your OS people.  Suicida| | 02/07/06
The differences are more than themes.  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
Compatibility  chromeronin | 02/07/06
Parts may not interchange, the important thing: road and fuel compatibility  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
Its another world ...  George Mitchell | 02/07/06
Alternate desktops.  Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
Mutually exclusive?  George Mitchell | 02/07/06
The competition is good, IF all applications can run on either one.  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
They do  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
I do not think that the most recent LSB specifies the api to communicate  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
These are really minor issues ...  George Mitchell | 02/07/06
Well, I consider these features very important. Being warned that a doc has  DonnieBoy | 02/08/06
MS word under wine and XGL? Nice!  ihatelinux | 07/30/06
Another thing, the bigger issue is the need to have multiple GUI tool kits.  DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
Just like the need for C libraries, java, python, perl, etc, etc, etc  George Mitchell | 02/07/06
Can't wait  LinuxHippie | 02/08/06
NO JAVA, please...  pietromele | 02/08/06
It's all good because eventually, I'm gonna get something free  Boot_Agnostic | 02/09/06

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